The ITSM Practice: Elevating ITSM and IT Security Knowledge

Who Owns Cloud Security?

The ITSM Practice: Elevating ITSM and IT Security Knowledge

Show Notes

A single question can expose a major cloud risk: who is responsible? This episode breaks down the cloud shared responsibility model, revealing how unclear ownership, misconfigurations, and weak governance lead to data breaches, and how ISO/IEC 27017 helps close the gaps.

In this episode, we answer to: Who is really accountable for cloud security failures? Why do misconfigurations cause most cloud data breaches? How does ISO/IEC 27017 strengthen cloud security governance?

Resources Mentioned in this Episode: ISO Standards website, standard ISO/IEC 27017:2015, link https://www.iso.org/standard/43757.html

Vanta website, article "The ultimate guide to ISO 27017", link https://www.vanta.com/collection/iso-27001/guide-to-iso-27017

Microsoft website, article "ISO/IEC 27017:2015", link https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/compliance/offerings/offering-iso-27017

Safeshield website, article "Why should SaaS companies comply with the ISO/IEC 27017 security standard for cloud service providers (CSP)", link https://www.safeshield.cloud/why-should-saas-companies-comply-with-the-iso-27017-security-standard-for-cloud-service-providers-csp

NordLayer website, article "ISO 27017: cloud protection essentials", link https://nordlayer.com/learn/iso/iso-27017/

Connect with me on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theitsmpractice/ Website: http://www.theitsmpractice.com And if you want more tips and guidance, follow me on LinkedIn. I am sharing daily posts regarding Enterprise Service Management, IT Service Management, and IT Security.

Credits: Sound engineering by Alan Southgate - http://alsouthgate.co.uk/

Graphics by Yulia Kolodyazhnaya

More from The ITSM Practice: Elevating ITSM and IT Security Knowledge

Oct 20, 2026

How can an MSP grow revenue without growing headcount at the same rate? In this episode of The ITSM Practice Podcast, Luigi Ferri explores how MSPs can protect margins through a scalable Target Operating Model, standardization, automation, AI, knowledge management, self-service, suppliers, and Professional Services.

Oct 13, 2026

What happens when a cyber-physical threat crosses Cybersecurity, Physical Security, Facilities and IT Operations? This episode explores how SOC teams can correlate signals, establish incident ownership, define escalation thresholds and build a unified operating model to protect critical infrastructure and business services.

Oct 6, 2026

Does your SOC really protect the entire business, or does its visibility stop at the firewall? In this episode of The ITSM Practice Podcast, Luigi Ferri explores drone threats against data centers and what they reveal about gaps between Cybersecurity, Physical Security, Facilities, IT Operations and Business Continuity. Discover why CISOs need to rethink the traditional cyber attack surface and focus on protecting the complete service.

Sep 29, 2026

AI that summarizes an incident is one thing. AI that disables accounts, isolates endpoints and blocks connections is another. In this episode of The ITSM Practice Podcast, Luigi Ferri explains the ITIL 5 6C Model for AI and why CIOs, CISOs and MSPs need to stop asking, “Are we using AI?” and start asking, “What are we allowing AI to do?”

Sep 22, 2026

A critical vulnerability is not automatically a critical business risk. If your CMDB only tells you which server is affected but not the customer, service, contract, SLA, or revenue behind it, you are missing the information that matters. This episode explains why CISOs need a business-aware CMDB to connect technical risk with real business impact.

See all episodes →